Sunday, January 2, 2011

IU rocks her guitar on Yu Hui Yeol’s Sketchbook

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Marshmellow sweet IU was recently a guest for the first new year episode of Yu Hui Yeol's Sketchbook.

The girl performed a few songs which she made acoustic versions of. Check it out below.

IU is only 16 years old but her guitar skills and vocals are off the charts!

Doesn't she remind you of Younha, but with a special talent for guitar instead of the piano? She's also a cutie in terms of looks and showed off a playful side of her from her new song, attracting many in Korea.

She is praised a lot among fellow celebrities as well. Yu Hui Yeol, the MC of the show said "Fellow artists and friends explain her as a singer who is very promising. I can't wait for what she has in store for us in 2010.", showing that he has high hopes for her singing career. IU has also been getting love calls from singers like Lee Seung Hwan, Yuri Sangja, Younha, and Kim Yun Woo to guest at their concerts, which proves that shes been praised a lot by sunbae singers.

IU had been a guest on the show before. Yu Hui Yeol had been nicknamed "Hawk Eye" at the time. Due to this, there was a video on the internet with the MC staring at IU with his "hawk eyes", along with the Jaws backgroud music added on to it. The video had been named "IU is running away" and netizens commented "She would actually want to run away" because of Yu Hui Yeol's scary eyes. On this episode of the show, he stared at her with his "hawk eyes" once again, giving the audience a good laugh.

Other guests for this episode were LeeSsang, Tiger JK, and Yoon Mi Rae.
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